Le télégramme annonçant la mort de Lincoln est à vendre

Le document rédigé par le secrétaire Edwin Stanton est évalué à 500 000 dollars.

 "Nathan Raab, president of the Raab Collection, says the telegram was thought to be lost, and calls it “truly one of our great finds.”

It was written inside the home where Lincoln was rushed after being shot at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and Thomas Eckert, the chief telegraph officer, stood watch over Lincoln, who died April 15.

The telegram reads: “Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 22 minutes after seven.”

 https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/abraham-lincoln-death-telegram-up-for-sale-edwin-stanton-assassination/